Yasushi Hirota
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· 138 papers in corpus
· active 2002-2026
Study types
- article 107
- other 15
- preprint 5
- book-chapter 4
- review 4
Condition tags
- endometriosis 101
- adenomyosis 36
- endometrioma 27
- infertility 12
- dysmenorrhea 8
- mesh:D004716 2
- thoracic_endometriosis 1
- die_deep_infiltrating 1
- disambig:endometritis 1
- chronic_pelvic_pain 1
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- Yutaka Osuga 133
- Kaori Koga 102
- Miyuki Harada 92
- Tomoyuki Hirata 92
- Osamu Yoshino 48
- Tomoyuki Fujii 46
- Yojiro Taketani 45
- Osamu Wada-Hiraike 44
- Gentaro Izumi 42
- Masashi Takamura 39
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2005
Uterine movement is suggested to play roles in various events related to the uterus. In view of the current concept underscoring the biological implications of mechanical stretch, we speculated that the mechanical stretch exerted by uterine…
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2005
BACKGROUND: The present study was conducted to assess whether midkine (MK), a multifunctional molecule known to stimulate tumor growth, may be involved in the development of endometriosis. METHODS: The mitogenic activity of MK on cultured e…
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2005
Endometriosis is known to be associated with local inflammatory reactions. Given the emerging concept of thrombin and its specific receptor, protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1), as important players in inflammation and cell proliferation, …
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2005
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2005
BACKGROUND: Adiponectin is a pleiotropic cytokine originally discovered as an adipocyte-specific gene product. Serum adiponectin concentrations have been reported to be low in women with endometrial cancer, breast cancer and uterine leiomyo…
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2004
BACKGROUND: Failure of apoptosis of refluxed endometrial cells within the peritoneal cavity is a possible etiologic factor for development of endometriosis. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a survival factor that exerts its effect by binding to tum…
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2004
PROBLEM: Endometriosis accompanies local inflammatory reactions in the peritoneal cavity. We examined the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), i.e. extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38 MAPK (p38) and c-J…
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2004
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2003
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the usefulness of transvaginal and transrectal ultrasonography for diagnosis and management of deeply infiltrating rectosigmoid endometriosis. METHODS: A series of six patients (aged 32-39 years) with rectosigmoid e…
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2003
PROBLEM: To assess whether interferon-gamma-induced protein-10 (IP-10), a chemokine that has antiangiogenic activities, may be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHOD OF STUDY: A total of 120 patients undergoing laparoscopy fo…
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2002
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